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WARD v. WARD

No. 85,352.

272 Kan. 12 (2001)

30 P.3d 1001

VANITA RUTH WARD, Petitioner, v. STANLEY T. WARD, Respondent/Appellee. IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP/CUSTODY OF JACLYNN PAIGE WARD, a Minor, by and through her maternal aunt and uncle as next friend, STANLEY R. GATELEY and TINA GATELEY, Petitioners/Appellants, v. STANLEY T. WARD, DAVE WARD, and DONNA WARD, Respondents/Appellees. IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AND CONSERVATOR FOR JACLYNN WARD.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed September 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda J. Bell, of Seaton, Miller, Bell & Seaton, LLP, of Manhattan, argued the cause, and Charlene Brubaker, of Clinkscales & Brubaker, P.A., of Hays, was with her on the brief for appellants.

Daniel C. Walter, of Ryan, Walter & McClymont, Chtd., of Norton, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LARSON, J.:

We begin our opinion, in this complex and troubling appeal involving the guardianship and custody of a now 7-year-old little girl, cognizant of the admonition of Chief Justice Frank D. Celebrezze of the Ohio Supreme Court in In re Wonderly, 67 Ohio St.2d 178, 188, 423 N.E.2d 420 (1981), where in a contest over a guardianship, he said:

"While statutes...

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